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	Neurosurgery :: View Profile Profile #00477 Demographics Match Year:  2009 This profile will remain anonymous for one year from the match date above. Advanced Degrees Obtained:    - PhD Academic Information USMLE Step 1:  248 Step 2 score not available to residencies during application. I did not pass on a previous administration. AOA:  Selected Class Rank:  Unknown Family Medicine:  Internal Medicine:  High Pass Pediatrics:  High Pass Surgery:  Honors Neurology:  High Pass Psychiatry:  OB/Gyn:  Neurosurgery:  Honors Other Information - MD/PhD from midwest public university - PhD in Neuroscience - thesis fairly relevant to neurosurgery - AOA - USMLE Step1: 248 - Multiple publications, including four 1st author publications: 1 basic science (impact factor 6), 1 case-control study (impact factor 3), 1 review (impact factor 4), and 1 book chapter; comment in Nature News regarding my basic science paper; Co-author on 4 other publications, including 1 in Journal of experimental medicine; 3 other submitted co-author manuscripts, including 2 second author. Other potentially high-profile first author paper(s) in progress, not yet in submission. - Multiple research / graduate school awards, including small grants, travel awards, graduate honor society, etc. - 2 away rotations at top tier programs in addition to my home sub-I. Honors for all 3. - Letters from chairs of 3 neurosurgery departments (from each sub-I) and 2 PhD research PIs. - Honors for 1st 2 years of medical school, and for all clinical rotations, except neurology and pediatrics (excellent) - Extracurricular activities, including semi-professional musician, member on university committees, community education events, photography, etc. - Foreign born, non-US citizen, with US green card. - Nice guy who gets along well with people (apparently, per letters and rotation comments) Applications Arizona   St Joseph's Hosp and Med Ctr: - Applied - Attended interview   U Arizona: - Applied - Received interview California   Stanford U: - Applied - Attended interview   U California (San Diego): - Applied - Received interview   U California (San Francisco): - Applied - Received interview   U S. California/LAC+USC Med Ctr: - Applied - Received interview   UCLA Med Ctr: - Applied - Attended interview Colorado   U Colorado: - Applied - Received interview Connecticut   Yale-New Haven Med Ctr: - Applied - Received interview District of Columbia   Georgetown U Hosp: - Applied - Received interview Illinois   McGaw Med Ctr of Northwestern U: - Applied - Attended interview Indiana   Indiana U SOM: - Applied - Received interview Iowa   U Iowa Hosps: - Applied - Attended interview Maryland   Johns Hopkins U: - Rotated at this institution - Applied - Attended interview Massachusetts   Children's Hosp/Brigham and Women's Hosp: - Applied - Attended interview   Mass Gen Hosp: - Applied Michigan   U Michigan: - Applied Missouri   U Missouri-Columbia: - Applied - Received interview   WUStL/B-JH/SLCH Cnsrt: - Applied - Attended interview Nebraska   U Nebraska Med Ctr COM: - Applied - Received interview New Hampshire   Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr: - Applied - Attended interview New Jersey   UMDNJ-New Jersey: - Applied - Received interview New Mexico   U New Mexico: - Applied - Received interview New York   Albert Einstein COM: - Applied - Received interview   New York Presb Hosp (Columbia): - Applied - Attended interview   New York Presb Hosp (Cornell): - Applied - Attended interview   New York U SOM: - Applied - Received interview   SUNY Upstate Med U: - Applied - Attended interview   U at Buffalo: - Applied - Received interview   U Rochester: - Applied - Attended interview North Carolina   Duke U Hosp: - Applied - Attended interview Ohio   Cleveland Clinic Found: - Applied - Received interview   CWRU/U Hosps of Cleveland: - Applied - Attended interview Oregon   OHSU: - Applied - Attended interview Pennsylvania   Allegheny Gen Hosp: - Applied - Received interview   Penn St U/Milton S Hershey Med Ctr: - Applied - Received interview   U Pennsylvania: - Applied - Received interview Rhode Island   Brown U: - Applied - Attended interview Tennessee   Vanderbilt U: - Applied - Received interview Texas   U Texas Southwestern: - Applied - Received interview Utah   U Utah: - Applied - Received interview Vermont   U Vermont: - Applied - Attended interview Virginia   U Virginia: - Applied - Attended interview Washington   U Washington: - Applied - Received interview Wisconsin   U Wisconsin: - Applied - Attended interview Match Experience 51 applications; 49 interview invitations + 1 waiting list. Went on 22 interviews, did 4 second looks, ranked 20 programs. Good luck! Return to results